Clothes-wringer



P. H. SCHENDLER.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 5. I92o.

1,355,916. Panaof, 19,1920.

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UNITED STATES PAUL H. SCHENDLER, 0F ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 19, 1920.

Application led January 5, 1920. Serial No. 349,496.

To all whom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, PAUL H. SCHENDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Wringers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, formin part of this specification.

y invention relates to improvements in clothes Wringers and particularly to the construction of the frames and spring mechanism thereof and the combination of the parts of the wringer whereby its simplicity of construction, strength and eiiiciency are improved.

The features of my invention are hereinafter fully set forth and vdescribed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1, is a side view in elevation of my improved clothes wringer.

ig. 2, is a top or plan view of the same.

Fig. 3, is a vertical section of the same on the line m-m in Fig. 1.

. Fig. 4:, is an end view`in elevation of one of the ends of the wringer frame.

Fig. 5, is a top or plan view of the same.

IIn these drawings A A are the ends of the wringer frame; B a transverse rod securing the lower ends thereof together, and C the upper part of the frame securing the ends of the frame together. In suitable bearings D, D" mounted in the vertical slots A in theend frames A, A, wringer rolls E, E are mounted on suitable bearings e, e', one of which, e, is extended to receive a crank (not shown) for rotating the rolls E E in the usual manner.

The end frames A A I preferably make of cast metaly having a central, rectangular, longitudinal slot A extending from the top thereof downwardly nearly to the lower end i A2 of said end frames (see Figs. 4 and 5);

and said end frames are also provided with flanges a (see Figs. 3 and 5) and with outturned ears a2 a2 (see Fig. 3), which ears are provided with holes therethrough for the bolts Gr. l

I preferably provide tubular shells a a which extend downwardly from the` ears a2 a, which inclose the springs F hereafter described; but it will be understood that the shells a a are not essential to the successful operation of the wringer.

Within the rectangular longitudinal slots A are placed journal bearing blocks D and D', the block D resting on the bottom of the slots, and the blockll) being slidable in said slots. Upon the blocks D the journals e of the lower wringer roller E rest, one end thereof extending outwardly beyond the end frame as far as may be desired to receive a crank or other power-applying mechanism l(not shown).

Above the roller E is the upper roller E,

the journals thereof extending transversely through the slots A in each end frame, upon which the slidable blocks D rest. Upon the upper ends of the end frames A A is placed a plate C which extends from one end frame vto the other, and is provided with ears C which fit over the ears a2 at the up er ends of the end frames A A; said ears C being provided with holes which coincide with the holes in the ears a2 a2 at the upper ends of said end lframes; and through said holes I place the bolts G heretofore mentioned, and upon which bolts G I place springs F, the upper ends of which bear against the under sides of the ears a2 a2 on said end frames, and upon the lower ends of said bolts G are placed nuts g by means of which the tension of said springs can be regulated to draw the plate C downwardly with such pressure as may be desired. The lplate C carries thumb screws H I-I the lower ends of which engage the bearing blocks D in the usual manner.

It will be seen from the foregoing that when clothing passes between the rollers E and E the upper blocks D will be raised upwardly in the slots A, which, through the thumb screws I-,I` raises the plate C, and through the bolts G compresses the springs F.

The plate C is shown as provided with. releasing mechanism I, I I. This feature however, though shown herein, has been previously patented to me in my U. S. Patent No. 1,201,766, issued October 17, 1916, and therefore forms no part of this invention.

The construction of end frames hereinbefore described, enables me to use much longer -springs which .give much greater resiliency than where such springs bear directly upon the bearing blocks of the upper roller, at the same time enabling me to use much shorter end frames than ordinarily, and with coiled springs.

Having thus fully described my invention so as to enable others to' utilize the saine, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a clothes wringer, bifurcated end frames, out-turned ears at the upper ends thereof, journal bearings between the two arms of said end frames, a top plate extending from one end frame to the other, thumb screws in the ends of said top plate and engagino the uppermost of said Journal bearings, Iiolts passing through said top-plate and the ears on sald end frames, springs on said bolts, and nieans on said bolts to press said springs upwardly against said ears, and said top-plate downwardly thereon, sub stantially as set forth.

2. An end frame for a clothes wringer having a central Vertical slot therein open at its upper end and closed at its lower end, and longitudinal spring receiving recesses parallel with each side of said slot closed at their upper ends and open at their lower ends, substantially as set forth.

In a clothes wringer the combination of end frames having central longitudinal slots therein open at their upper ends and closed at their lower ends, flanges at each side of said slots, spring receiving recesses in said end frames at each side of said central slot, said recesses being closed at their upper ends and open at their lower ends, a stationary roller bearing in the lower ends of said slots, a wringer roller journaled onsaid bearing, an upper roller, slidable bearings in said longitudinal slots adapted to be pressed downwardly on the journals of said last mentioned roller, a top-plate, thumb screws therein engaging said slidable bearings, bolts passing downwardly through said top-plate and said spring receiving recesses, springs around said bolts, and nuts on said bolts adapted to press said springs upwardly against the closed ends of said recesses and draw said top-plate downwardly against the upper ends of said end frames, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

PAUL H. SCHENDLER. 

